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Hi, everyone!

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My name is Mohammed Sadat Abdulai.

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I am the Community
Communications Manager for Wikidata.

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I'm from Ghana, and I'm based in Berlin.

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Hi, Mohammed.

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Do you remember the first time
you edited Wikidata,

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and what got you into it?

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Yes. That must have been around 2013.

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I can recall that period quite vividly

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because Wikidata at that time was--

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I mean, at least for me--

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was this new Wikimedia project
that only a few people understood.

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I enjoyed editing.

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I remember thinking to myself,
"What is this strange thing?"

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and "Why do we even need
a new Wikimedia project for?"

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Of course, I did some reading around it,

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and it all sounded very interesting.

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But, practically, it didn't make
plenty of sense to me.

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And so, after just exploring
and creating a user page,

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I never really came back
to edit until about a year later.

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What finally brought it home for me

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was the problem of interlanguage links

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in Wikipedia.

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So, for some context,

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in the past, I'd often been frustrated
as a Wikipedia editor,

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having to manually connect Wikipedia pages
about the same concepts

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for each of the different
language versions.

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I remember spending a lot of time
just in the Wikitext

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for these articles that I cared about,

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just trying to add
these interlanguage links manually.

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So, it made so much sense
that Wikidata introduced

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this central repository
to store these entire Wikilinks.

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Reading about that side of the project

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was when Wikidata's relevance
really started to hit me.

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Yeah, sitelinks were the first steps
that drew me in.

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When I started adding them,

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connecting Wikipedia articles
in different languages on Wikidata,

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my understanding of the other part
of a Wikidata Item

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organically grew from there.

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I did vandalize a few items

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when I started editing
statements in the Termbox.

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Don't go looking
at my refreshment history, please.

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But yeah, I believe most--

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a lot of seasoned editors today
started out as vandals as well.

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Thank you.

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Could you tell us a little bit
what Wikidata is?

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Wikidata is a sister project of Wikipedia,

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and it's a free knowledge base
that is based on facts and references

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that both machines and humans
can edit and reuse.

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Wikidata is linked
to other resources via IDs,

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which we call "external identifiers."

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Those resources could also be linked
to other databases

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and even interlinking back to Wikidata.

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When all of these resources
are open access, as Wikidata is,

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then we call that data network
"Linked Open Data."

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Wikidata is part
of the Wikimedia projects,

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and like all of its sister projects,
Wikidata is multilingual,

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and it has no language barriers.

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The data in Wikidata
is released under the CC0 license,

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meaning Wikidata's data is public domain

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and has no exclusive intellectual
property rights applied to it.

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Wikidata items are made up
of statements and references,

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and I'm sure we are going
to be talking more

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about statements and references

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in the later sessions.

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Finally, Wikidata is made
for humans and machines,

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and it's available for everyone to use,

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whether on the Wikimedia projects
or outside of it.

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Alright.

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What is so cool about Wikidata,

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and why is Wikidata so useful?

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Wikidata is so cool for many reasons.

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Example,

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Wikidata has information on concepts

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about everything that you can think of,

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from your favorite superhero

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to the tallest mountain,

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even down to the street names
in your neighborhood.

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Currently, there are
over 108 million concepts

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that Wikidata knows about.

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It offers this information
as structured data

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in hundreds of languages

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and interconnects with over
11,000 external resources

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to form a Linked Open Data on the web.

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And that's not all.

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All this information is released
under the public domain.

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That means that there are
absolutely zero copyright restrictions

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attached to the data on Wikidata.

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Amazing.

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Can you show us a few examples
on how Wikidata can be reused?

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(Mohammed) Absolutely.

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I'm happy to show you a few examples
of the reuse of Wikidata's data.

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First, it's a game called Guessr,

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and you can find it by going
to <i>guessr.blinry.org</i>

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This game tests our knowledge of geography

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by guessing the locations 
of rundown Wikidata items

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that has a geolocation statement
on the item.

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This image,

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coming from Wikimedia Commons--

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the game is asking me
to guess the location of the image,

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and it provides me with a map.

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I can go ahead and make a guess.

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Er...

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Not entirely sure where this is,

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but I would make a random guess here,

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just so you have a feel of how it works.

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If I make a guess,

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and it says,
"You are 1,724 kilometers off."

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(laughing)

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Alright.

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Okay. The next example
of reuse of Wikidata data

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I would like to show you is Crotos.

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Crotos is a search and display engine
for visual artwork

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powered by Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

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You can use Crotos
to search for and display artwork

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by Louis Morère, for example,

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if they do exist on Wikidata
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When we searched for artwork
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we did find a few that exist on Wikidata,

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and I can go ahead and click on them,
and take a closer look.

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My last example is the case
of the reuse of Wikidata's data

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to create Infoboxes on Wikipedia.

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Here is an example of an Infobox
on Dagbani Wikipedia

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that is entirely created
from Wikidata's data.

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(Léa) Alright.

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Let's have a look at Wikidata now.

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Can you explain to us a little bit

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how the information
is organized on Wikidata?

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(Mohammed) First, concepts on Wikidata
are contained on pages called "items."

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This is an example of an item

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with an item label <i>Haruna Iddrisu</i>,

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with an item identifier Q1621154,

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which is unique to it.

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On each item, you would notice
what we call the "termbox."

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The termbox is this box
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Description, and the Aliases--
Also known as.

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The Labels are in different languages,

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and they exist for each item.

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The Descriptions are used to describe

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what the item is about
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In this case, Haruna Iddrisu

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is described as a "Ghanaian politician."

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The Aliases are other labels

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that this individual or this concept

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could be known as.

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For example, Haruna Iddrisu

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could also be known

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as "Gangdu" or "Loya Aduna" in Dagbani.

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Now, underneath the termbox
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There are a lot
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On Wikidata, things are modeled
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The three different parts of a triple
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Here, we have an item identifier,
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Q16211514.

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There's a property <i>instance of,</i>

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and a value, which is <i>human.</i>

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As you can see,

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each statement on an item page

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links to a property,

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and assigns it a value.

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A triple can be read 
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as a statement containing

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subjects,

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predicates,

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and objects.

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In this example,

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Haruna Iddrisu
is an <i>instance of</i> a <i>human</i>.

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Another statement could be, for example,

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the position that they held.

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Here, we can see that they are

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a "Member of the 7th Parliament
of the 4th Republic of Ghana."

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So that is another statement on its own.

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Now, aside from the basic triple model,

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we can also add extra details
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We can do so by adding
<i>qualifiers</i> and <i>references.</i>

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Qualifiers, they allow statements

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to be expanded on and annotated
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Example,

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for this Statement,
Haruna Iddrisu-- <i>position held:</i>

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<i>Member of the 7th Parliament
of the 4th Republic of Ghana,</i>

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we can add a simple property
value pair <i>parliamentary group,</i>

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which is a property on its own,
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And then the value for that property
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the <i>National Democratic Congress.</i>

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This allows us to add a bit more context

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to what party they actually were an MP of.

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Then, we may also add references,
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to point to specific sources

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that back up the data provided
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that they were, yes, indeed, 
once a member

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of the sovereign Parliament
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in the parliamentary group, the NDC.

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If I click on that reference,

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I would see that it has a <i>reference URL,</i>

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which points us
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that they indeed held this position.

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Then we also have
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that tells us when we retrieved
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Always remember that Wikidata's statement

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should be supported
by a verifiable source of information.

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If you can indeed provide that 
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that would be great.

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Beneath the regular statements
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These are external systems,

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such as Databases
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that also have information
about this person, Haruna Iddrisu.

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There's an <i>OpenSanctions ID.</i>

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There's a <i>Prabook ID,</i>

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and also a <i>Freebase ID.</i>

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I can click on any of these,

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and those should take me
to those other resources

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that have information
about Haruna Iddrisu, the person.

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In Wikidata, the <i>instance of</i> property,

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represented by the property ID P31,

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is one of the fundamental properties

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that plays a crucial role in organizing
and categorizing information.

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For example, this item, Haruna Iddrisu,

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is a specific example
of a definition of a "human."

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Therefore, the property <i>instance of</i> P31
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for linking and categorizing
all search items of people as humans.

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Other fundamental Wikidata
properties exist,

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such as <i>subclass of</i>
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<i>part of</i> with the property ID P361;

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and <i>has part</i> with the property ID P527.

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We'll be discussing more of these
in the later session.

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(Léa) Could you show us again
this very first Statement <i>instance of</i>?

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What exactly does it mean?

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It seems important.

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(Mohammed) In Wikidata,
the <i>instance of</i> property,

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represented by the property ID P31,

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is one of the fundamental properties

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that plays a crucial role in organizing
and categorizing information.

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For example,

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this item, Haruna Iddrisu,

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is a specific example
of a definition of a "human."

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Therefore, the property <i>instance of</i> P31

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serves as the backbone 
for linking and categorizing

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all search items of people as humans.

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Other fundamental Wikidata
properties exist,

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such as <i>subclass of</i>
with the property ID P279;

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<i>part of</i> with the property ID P361";

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and <i>has part</i> with the property ID P527.

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(Léa) Alright.

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Now, I see all of this information
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but what if I want to see it
in another language?

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Can I do it?

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(Mohammed) You can see this data
in another language

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by clicking the language selector
next to your username.

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So if I click on it,

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I will be able to see
the content of this item

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in French, for example.

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Then, you would notice

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that the interface changes as well,

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and I can switch back to English,
if I want to.

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(Léa) Cool.

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I would love to start
editing Wikidata now.

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Is there a place where I can go

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to do some test edits
without breaking anything?

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(Mohammed) A great way
to practice editing in Wikidata

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and not break anything
or at least annoy other editors

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is to use the Wikidata Sandbox.

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The Sandbox itself is an item

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where you can go
and add statements of all kinds,

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even if those statements
don't really make any sense.

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Let's take a look.

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This is the Wikidata Sandbox,

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and you would indeed notice

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that it resembles
any typical Wikidata item

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with labels, and descriptions,
and statements,

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except that these don't really make sense

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because, of course,
they are used for testing.

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You can edit a Statement, for example.

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Instead of saying
this is an <i>instance of</i> a "human,"

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you could say this is
an <i>instance of</i> a "river body"

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or a "river."

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Then I click on <i>Publish.</i>

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I can edit these other statements

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and add references to them, even.

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I could even add
a new statement from scratch.

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I can do that by scrolling

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to the very end
of the existing statements,

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you would find <i>add statement.</i>

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If I click on it,

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it gives me a chance to enter a property
and then later on a value.

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Let's say I wanted to add

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the sex or gender

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if this item were about a human.

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I will start typing "sex" or "gender,"

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and if I'm lucky,

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that suggest that--

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gives me some options, 
and I can see <i>sex or gender.</i>

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Once I click on it,
I'll be able to include the gender.

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Once I include the value
for that property <i>sex or gender,</i>

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I would click on <i>Publish,</i>

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and then it gets saved.

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Those little information signs you saw
are called "constraints."

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Let's see if we can find
a constraint violation on this page.

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This is an example

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of an information sign,

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and they provide guidelines for editors
to ensure data quality and consistency

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when modeling Wikidata items.

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Clicking on it reveals details,
I mean, advice and hints

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about the constraints
applied to that property,

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and how you can go about fixing them.

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(Léa) Alright. Sounds good.

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So, the Sandbox is the right place

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to go to keep practicing a little bit,

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and editing, and seeing what's happening.

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Tell me, can I also
edit Wikidata on mobile?

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(Mohammed) Yes.
You can edit Wikidata on mobile,

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although the mobile interface
is currently not perfect.

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At the moment,

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you can edit the Termbox,

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and you can also add sitelinks,

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but you cannot edit statements for now.

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However, the way you could do that,

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if you are on mobile,
as I am on currently,

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you would have to scroll down

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to the very end of the item

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and then request
the desktop site for the item

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by clicking on <i>Desktop.</i>

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Once you do that,

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you can switch to Landscape Mode,

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so you can get a good view
of the items and the click button.

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(Léa) Alright.

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So it seems
that when I'm editing Wikidata,

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and I click on <i>Publish,</i>

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my edits are directly added
to the website.

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Is that right, or is there anyone
checking my edits

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before they get published?

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(Mohammed) Yes. Your edit
is immediately visible

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when you click on <i>Publish.</i>

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Wikidata relies on a collaborative effort,

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so there is no central authority
that checks every edit.

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Instead, the community
collectively monitors changes.

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If someone notices an error
or inconsistency in the data on Wikidata,

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they can correct it themselves

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or discuss it
on the relevant item's top page.

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You can always find
the top page on Wikidata.

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They are called <i>Discussion</i> pages.

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If I click on the <i>Discussion</i> page,

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I would be able to see
relevant discussions related to this item.

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Each statement, such as a claim
about an item in Wikidata,

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can have references
or sources attached to it.

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Let's take an example.

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Haruna Iddrisu,

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there's a statement on that item--

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<i>educated at Ghana School of Law.</i>

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Then you can find a reference

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that has a <i>reference URL</i> that confirms

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that they actually were educated
at the Ghana School of Law.

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These references provide information
about where the data is coming from.

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Look for the references section,
always, on an item,

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to find the sources for each claim
you are looking at.

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(Léa) Cool.

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So what if I want to create
a new Wikidata item

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about the punk garage band
that I just created?

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(Mohammed) Well, we can add
your punk garage band

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only if the band is notable.

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What do we mean by that?

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It has to satisfy at least two
of these three requirements

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on notability.

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One, it contains a sitelink.

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Two, it has publicly available references.

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And three,

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an item for the band
needs to fulfill a structural need

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in order to make another item better.

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Then it can be added to Wikidata.

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If you want to learn
more about notability,

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check out this Wikidata page

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about notability on Wikidata.

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Then you can read about what it means,

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to contain a sitelink

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and what it means to have
publicly available references,

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or what it means for an item

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to fulfill a structural need.

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(Léa) I would love to know
a little bit more

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about who is editing Wikidata.

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Who are all of these people
adding information on Wikidata?

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Who is editing Wikidata?

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These editors come from all over the world

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to build and maintain Wikidata

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in more than 200 languages.

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These cool individuals
are mostly volunteers.

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Sometimes, they work together
on WikiProjects

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around specific topics,

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like books, or bridges,
or hotels, and so on.

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At the moment,

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a majority of them
come from the Global North,

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and I would really like to see
more participation

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coming from other parts of the world.

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(Léa) Alright.

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How can I get in touch with them?

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For example, if I have a question

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or if I'm not sure what to do on Wikidata?

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(Mohammed) Wikidata editors
tend to be very friendly,

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and, yeah, they are very willing

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to help you with your modeling challenges.

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All you have to do is to reach out to them

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on top pages
or at various other locations.

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Of course, depending
on what you want to discuss,

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and what medium feels comfortable for you.

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Here are some of the ways

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in which you can get in touch
with Wikidata editors.

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If you go on this page,

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Wikidata: Main Page/Contact,

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you would find links
to the Wikidata mailing list.

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You would find links to the Project Chats.

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You would find links
to social media spaces,

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like Mastodon and Facebook,

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and, of course, on Telegram.

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You can leave a message
in any of these places.

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I can promise you that people
are going to respond to you

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if you have a question
that you need some help with.

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And, of course, you can stay in touch

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with all that is happening around Wikidata

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via the Wikidata newsletter,

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the Wikidata weekly summaries.

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The weekly summaries are weekly updates

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that the Development Team
sends out to the community,

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that sort of gives a general overview

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of what has been happening
in the community

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in terms of development,

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and in terms of social activities,

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and in terms of all
that is happening around Wikidata.

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I would encourage you
to subscribe to the newsletter.

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You can subscribe via the Mailing list.

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You can also subscribe to get

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the newsletter delivered to you
on your top page,

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and you can even browse
all of the past newsletters

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that have gone out over the years.

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Thank you so much.

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And here comes my final question.

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What would you say to someone
who is new to Wikidata

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and would love to start editing?

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What could you advise for them?

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Okay.

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I will tell them to be bold
and to dive right in.

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Of course, they shouldn't be reckless,

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or else they can get blocked.

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But they shouldn't also wait
to have to read

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all of the documentation around Wikidata,

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before they start editing.

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Once they start to get their hands dirty,

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I believe it will all start
to come together very nicely.

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Also, they shouldn't be afraid
to ask for help.

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They can even come over

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and talk to us
on the Wikidata Help Channel.

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Awesome. Thank you, Mohammed.

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You're welcome.